Introduction to Taichu Palace: Located on the right side of the east gate of Hangu Pass, it is the place where Laozi wrote the Tao Te Ching. Taichu Palace is a palace-style classical building. On the ridge of the hall and on the edge of the gable eaves are sculptures of unicorns, lions, tigers, chickens, dogs and other rare birds and animals, both in spirit and form. The flying beams on the roof of the palace are vertical and horizontal, and the rafters and purlins are uneven. Although the roof trusses are complicated, they have their own rules. The palace is wide and there are no supporting columns in the middle. According to historical records, Taichu Palace was first built in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the existing main hall of Taichu Palace was built before the Tang Dynasty. It was repaired in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. There are two existing stone tablets in the temple. One was erected in the fourth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty, and the other was erected in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Both of them record the story of Laozi riding a green ox through Hangu Pass.
Taichu Holy Palace is a well-known Taoist holy land at home and abroad. Every year on the 15th day of the second lunar month (Laozi’s birthday), a commemorative event is held to commemorate Laozi’s birthday, attracting many tourists and Taoist groups at home and abroad for sightseeing.